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Pseudonym, has its origins in the Greek word pseudōnymos, which means "bearing a false name." Greek speakers formed their word by combining pseud-, meaning "false," and onyma, meaning "name." French speakers adopted the Greek word as pseudonyme, and English speakers later modified the French word into pseudonym. Many celebrated authors have used pseudonyms. Samuel Clemens wrote under the pseudonym "Mark Twain," Charles Lutwidge Dodgson assumed the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll," and Mary Ann Evans used "George Eliot" as her pseudonym.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Chelsea, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her husband, was pregnant with their second child at the time, and the family needed the cash.
—Teele Rebane, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
King wrote the novel in 1979 under his then pseudonym Richard Bachman.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
His pseudonym is not intended to protect his identity, but to preserve the discretion about Antoinism required by his Council.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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